Reading Asia
Manjeet DhillonTracing how ideas, art forms and sacred objects travelled across Asia, and what they became at every stop.
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Part II: The Visual Register: How to Read the Connected Asian World
Reading Asia is built on two documents. Part I introduced the first: the chart. This is the second.
The chart shows you the when and where simultaneously across 19 countries. It is the map.
Reading Asia: The Index is the dissection...
Part I: A Visual Map of How Ideas Travelled Across Asia
Introducing the Asian Civilisations Chronological Chart
This chart began during a Covid lockdown, in the space between restlessness and curiosity. I had been reading about Srivijaya, about the Pyu cities of Burma, about how a Licchavi p...
Tadau Kaamatan
From Seed to Spirit
Celebrating the Harvest
Sabah’s annual harvest festival, Tadau Kaamatan, is deeply rooted in the Kadazandusun community’s cultural heritage. Centred around the rice harvest, the month-long event features rituals and...
Wesak Day
Reflection and Renewal
Wesak, also known as Buddha Purnima or Buddha Jayanti, is a significant day for Buddhists worldwide. Observed on the first full moon day of May (June if it is a leap year) according to the lunar calendar, it commemor...
Culture Calendar: May 2026
1 May: Chithra Purnami
A Tamil festival which is observed in the month of Chithirai during full moon day. This day commemorates Chitragupta who is the assistant of Lord Yama.
9 May: Goddess Mazu’s Birthday (Mar Chor Poh)
M...
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Researcher and writer tracing the transmission of ideas, art forms and sacred objects across Asia. Reading Asia is a chronological chart and series of articles mapping the connected Asian world from the Indus to the Pacific.
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